Plant Diversity

Code:

BIOL1008

Acronym:

BIOL1008

Level:

100

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Biology

Instance: 2022/2023 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=272
Responsible unit:	Department of Biology
Course/CS Responsible:	Bachelor in Landscape Architecture

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
A:A	4	PE_Agronomia	1	-	6	48	162
L:AP	35	Official Study Plan	1	-	6	48	162
L:EA	12	The study plan from 2019	1	-	6	48	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

 At the end of the course students are expected to have: 1. The basic knowledge on the botanical history and plant evolution as well as major systems of classification 2. Apprehended the Taxonomy and Systematic concepts, Classification and plant Nomenclature 3. Perception and comprehension of the main philosophical types behind different taxonomic schools and main differences between them 4. Acquired the morphological concepts and vocabulary necessary to describe plants 5. Developed the taxonomical skills needed for the identification of plants and management of biological collections 6. Learned the major lines of evolution in plants 7. Studied the major botanical groups, main differences between them, their evolution and characterization. To build and use a dichotomous key as well as to manage the necessary terms and concepts used to identify vascular plants.

 

Learning outcomes and competences

The competences to be acquired by the students are directly related to the aims described above.

Working method

B-learning

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Classification and Systematics. The Botanical Nomenclature. Fundamental concepts and definitions - the still current role of morphology and classical disciplines. Morphology of the plant body and its organs. Comparative synthesis of the main lineages of terrestrial plants - Non-avascular plants. Non-seeding Vascular Plants - Lycophyta and "Ferns"; Vascular plants with seeds I - Gymnospermae Vascular plants with seeds II - Angiospermae. Main Families of Portuguese Flora (Editado)Restaurar original

Program

 

Classification and Systematics Botany from ancient times to actuality:Concepts and definitions: the basics of the classical disciplines; molecular biology Classification and levels of taxonomic categories Major classification types: similarities and role Botanical Nomenclature and Taxonomic studies The morphology of the plant body and its organs.  The major plant lineages – From Algae to Flower Plants. Non-vascular plants: Liverworts, Hornworts and Mosses; Seedless Vascular plants; Lycophytes and Monilophytes; Seed plants I – Gymnospermae Seed Plants II - Angiospermae. Morphology and plants descriptors of seed plants

 

Mandatory literature

Carlos Aguiar; Botânica para Ciências Agrárias e do Ambiente Volume I - Morfologia e função (fasc. 1), IP Bragança, 2013
Carlos Aguiar; Botânica para Ciências Agrárias e do Ambiente Volume I - Morfologia e função (fasc. 2), IP Bragança, 2013
Carlos Aguiar; Botânica para Ciências Agrárias e do Ambiente Volume III - Sistemática, IP Bragança, 2013
MAUSETH, J. D.; 2009. Botany. An Introduction to Plant Biology., Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Massachusetts. USA, 2009

Teaching methods and learning activities

Expositive, active and participative with somne distance learning; Lab classes and particpative distance learning

keywords

Natural sciences > Biological sciences > Biology > Taxonomy
Natural sciences > Biological sciences > Biology > Evolutionary biology
Natural sciences > Biological sciences > Biodiversity
Natural sciences > Biological sciences
Natural sciences
Natural sciences > Biological sciences > Botany > Systematic botany
Natural sciences > Biological sciences > Botany

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Exame	60,00
Trabalho laboratorial	40,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	114,00
Frequência das aulas	48,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Students must attend 3/4 of the lab classes
For the practical assessement a minimum grade of 1.6 (in a total of 4) as well as the submission of 6 morphological examination forms i is necessary in order to be elegible to the theoretical exam.
The grading in the pratical assessment cannot be improved in any of the exams

 

Calculation formula of final grade

On this course the described items will contribute to the final grade in the following proportion: Theoretical exam - 80%; Practical assessment 20%

Final grade is the summ of the 2 grades

Minimum grade for approval is 9.50

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

For students with the special status of "working students" the practical component will be included in the final exam if conditions for a continued practical evaluation could not be met

Classification improvement

In the second exam season but no repetition of the practical assessment